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archæism

archæism is the alternative spelling of archaism.

Meaning of archaism

Noun

archaism (countable and uncountable, plural archaisms)

  1. The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style.
  2. An archaic word, style, etc.
    • In this text, the word "methinks" appears to be a deliberate archaism.

Forms of archæism

pluralarchæisms

Questions about archæism

What is archæism the alternative spelling of?
Archæism is the alternative spelling of archaism.

Words near archæism in the dictionary

  1. Archæan
  2. archæastronomy
  3. archæbacteria
  4. archæbacterium
  5. archæic
  6. archæism
  7. archæisms
  8. archælogical
  9. archæo-
  10. archæobotany
  11. archæolatry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: archæism (page history and authors); archaism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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